I like pretty much everything Declan does, always have. The guy is a productivity machine, and one of the best lyricists of the last twenty years. People can take or leave his voice, kinda like Tom Waits. But like Tom, the guy is a HELL of a songwriter.

I will give Elvis a listen no matter what experiment he tries. I just love the guy even if some of his experiments aren't especially pleasing to me. The first time I stayed up late to watch SNL, he was on and rocked my 10 year old self. An EC fan since then. Yeah, I am old.

Reading Led Zeppelin biography in which Elvis Costello mentioned - they couldn't figure out why his music was so popular with the music mag writers until someone pointed out that they all looked like him.

You'd think AV Club could get better quality video than something recorded on somebody's camcorder in a noisy living room, but it was a good performance, and it was fun to see Pete Thomas, after giving up his drum kit, called back on stage to sing backing vocals. In other Attractions/Impostors recordings he can often be seen singing along with Elvis as he drums, but without a microphone, for reasons that are now obvious.

Any Pie Left:I like pretty much everything Declan does, always have. The guy is a productivity machine, and one of the best lyricists of the last twenty years. People can take or leave his voice, kinda like Tom Waits. But like Tom, the guy is a HELL of a songwriter.

freetomato:I will give Elvis a listen no matter what experiment he tries. I just love the guy even if some of his experiments aren't especially pleasing to me. The first time I stayed up late to watch SNL, he was on and rocked my 10 year old self. An EC fan since then. Yeah, I am old.

Pretty much this. His failures are more interesting than Lana del Rey's vapid, thermo-formed mug.